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Fountain of the Four Rivers

Fountain of the Four Rivers

This piece was done in Newport Beach for the festival launching the 68th annual international yacht race. I recreated Bernini's Fountain in Rome complete with the center obelisk done in chalk over a weekend.
Working in 360° allows many viewers to see the piece from every angle all at once. It was a huge success!

Year

2015

Dimensions

30" x 30" (WxH)

Tempe Center for the Arts 5th Anniversary Gala

This was a welcome banner created at the entrance to the TCA's black tie anniversary gala. The gala has a tropical, flamingo, salsa dance theme so I chose Carmen Miranda as the welcoming portrait.

Captain Marvel

The All Star Selfie

This was a fun piece to do at the Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival. Very challenging with the distortion of the faces. Had to fit a rectangular image into a square box. I think I like Lupita peaking in the back the best!

Year

2014

Superman in China

I was one of 5 artists delegated to go to Xian, China to help launch the Olympic games and the tourism that was growing, by introducing street painting to the city. I chose to do an image of superman flying over the great wall of China and a portrait of Yau Ming, one of China's athletic heros.

Superman. Santa Clarita, Ca.

Disney in progress

While working on the villains I decided to change the image the second day. Originally there was a gold frame surrounding them and they were holding other "movie" objects. I switch this to a curtain that was being pulled aside to peak in on their meeting. I then wanted to throw humor into it and give them cookies and milk........chocolate chip of course!

Year

2013

The Inventor of the Wheel

The Carlsbad Artsplash Theme this year was "Wheels". I thought this guy from Pixar's "The Croods" was an appropriate image.

Year

2013

"Man of Steel" Santa Barbara 2013

I did this for Van Sande Engineering Consultants, Inc. in Santa Barbara. It was done from a vintage black and white photo. I modernized him a bit.

Year

2013

Dimensions

96" x 96" (WxH)

Ray Charles

I had about 30 minutes left to do when the monsoon hit us. I intended on making Ray's jacket a rich golden color.

Marietta, Ga. Labor Day Weekend 2013

This is what happens when it rains.

Palo Alto, Ca.

I recreated my "Emerald Eyes" portrait on a large scale for this festival.

Year

2013

San Rafael, Ca.

This was my "man of mystery" done in San Rafael, Ca. in June. The heat was 100 plus causing 3 people, including a featured artist, to be taken to the hospital for heat stroke. Our hours working during the day were very limiting. I would have loved more time staring into this man's eyes!

San Rafael, Ca.

Best comment I heard was, "I bet he owns a lot of camels".

Year

2013

"Somehow Very Sure" Carlsbad Artsplash

This is a reproduction of a Stephen Bennett original painting. I won Best in Show for this.

Mission Viejo, Ca.

Little Italy, San Diego, Ca.

This was part of a collaborative piece where a team of 20 artists rereated the Sistine Chapel on a city block in downtown San Diego's LIttle Italy neighborhood. My portion was "The Creation of the Sun and the Moon".

Starting LIne

Chalk Festivals

This is a representation of various chalk festivals I have participated in over the years. Some of the images are shown complete while others show the process in which they were done. All of this work is created using only soft pastels on either asphalt or pavement and range from 8' x 10' to 12' x 12'.